Of course, MC Hammer aficionados will know that the 54-year-old didn’t take his name from the hand tool, but was given it as a nickname by Hall of Fame baseball player Reggie Jackson while he was working at the Oakland A’s clubhouse as a kid.
In the decades since “U Can’t Touch This,” rap and hiphop has increasingly adopted the mores of the pop world and artists have evolved to embrace the sort of entertainment-driven approach that Hammer is often credited with pioneering. He cites his ability to see where trends are tracking and his innate sense